Sapria
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| Sapria | |
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| File:Sapria himalaya.jpg | |
| Sapria himalayana | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Rafflesiaceae |
| Genus: | Sapria Griff.[1] |
| Species[1][2] | |
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Sapria is an Asian genus of parasitic flowering plants in the family Rafflesiaceae erected by William Griffith in 1844.[3] It grows within roots of Vitis and Tetrastigma. The genus is limited to the tropical forests of South and Southeast Asia.
The flowers of Sapria are about 20 cm in diameter, bright red with yellow or white dots, unisexual and dioecious. In contrast with the related genus Rafflesia the flowers have 10 lobes.
Species
[edit | edit source]Four species are described.
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| File:Saprea.jpg | Sapria himalayana | found in Tibet, Assam in northeast India, South-Central China, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. |
| Sapria poilanei | found in Cambodia. | |
| File:Sapria ram 171946658.jpg | Sapria ram | found in central and southern Thailand.[1] |
| Sapria myanmarensis | first described in 2019, is native to Myanmar.[2] |
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- Sapria in Flora of China 5: 271. 2003.
- A rare root parasitic plant (Sapria himalayana Griffith.) in Namdapha National Park, northeastern India in Current Science, Vol. 85, No. 12, 25 December 2003
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